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Volume 1: Invasion of the Capital Chapter 947: Battle to Defend the Village

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    Guan Qiguo was one of the first people to join the Runing Army.  Although he didn't even have the status of a child student, he managed to get through his seniority in Runing and reach the position of a township deputy.  Last year, the Runing Army went north, captured several northern provinces in one fell swoop and established the Daping Dynasty. Wu Shigong mobilized a group of grassroots officials from Runing and Guide to copy the system model of the Runing Army in southern Henan.  Therefore, although Guan Qiguo has only been promoted one level to become the township head, his position in the county is actually only lower than that of the county magistrate.  Therefore, it can be said that Guan Qiguo was the group of officials who most supported the Daping Dynasty.  So knowing that the situation was critical, Guan Qiguo calmed down.  He thought: Fortunately, his family did not move to Beizhili. Even if he died this time, the emperor would treat his family well.  Then his expression became more at ease.  So Guan Qiguo ordered Shi Zhen again: "Call all the people in Zhuangzi who have positions. Tell them each to take charge of a section of the wall. Wherever the Tatars cannot be stopped, I will punish him. As long as he stands up to the wall, he will be punished.  In three or five days, the emperor will never fail to save us. " "Beep¡ª¡ª!" The loud horn sounded, and this sound also brought Guan Qiguo's thoughts back to reality.  He looked into the distance from the crenel and saw groups of Qing soldiers carrying hundreds of ladders to the front of the formation, and driving away hundreds of civilians to use as cannon fodder to fill the trenches.  Because of the strong walls and clear country of the Great Ping Dynasty, the Qing army could capture very few people.  Therefore, these cannon fodder can only be used intensively, which makes Zhuangzi's defense much more convenient.  The direction where the cannon fodder is located must be the direction of the Qing army's attack.  The people came forward crying and ran to the trench and started throwing sand and stones down.  And Shi Zhen had already gathered dozens of hunting bows in Zhuangzi here, shooting arrows at the people.  Although the power of the hunting bow is small.  But those people didn't have any protective gear, so they were shot down one by one.  So some people cried and begged for mercy on the city wall.  This also made the archers hesitate.  However, after Guan Qiguo and Shi Zhen shouted fiercely, the archers continued to shoot arrows at the people.  It¡¯s not that Guan Qiguo and Shi Zhen are hard-hearted, because it¡¯s the people themselves who are to blame.  In order to prevent the Qing army from expelling the people first, officials at all levels had already made repeated orders.  When the "Cleaning Order" is issued, all people must enter the city nearby, and any offenders will be killed.  "But there are always some people who are reluctant to part with the bottles and cans at home, or act freely and casually, and ignore the government's orders, so they are like this now.  In fact, he is already dead to Da Pingchao.  Therefore, Guan Qiguo and Shi Zhen would not feel any distress if they ordered him to be shot.  And according to the orders issued by the Daping Dynasty, during the raids on the countryside after the war, if they encountered such scattered people, they would still kill them without mercy.  Even which city was broken.  The fleeing soldiers and civilians who ran to nearby cities would also be killed, and they would also be cleared after the war.  And this is to force everyone to fight to the end, to achieve the ultimate goal of strengthening the wall and clearing the field.  Therefore, these cannon fodder people are nothing more than dying early and dying late.  "What's very funny is that when the people in the village showed no mercy, the Qing army felt distressed.  Such cannon fodder will kill one by one!  The Qing army had to use it sparingly no matter what.  So there was a group of Qing archers.  Under the cover of the shield man beside him, he stepped forward and fired against the city wall.  The Qing army's bows were strong and their archers were highly skilled in shooting. They actually killed and wounded more than a dozen of Zhuangzi's archers.  So the archers of the Zhuangzi team also began to shoot arrows in hiding. However, in this way, the threat of bows and arrows in Zhuangzi was suppressed by the Qing army.  Looking at the densely packed heads under the city wall, Shi Zhen shouted repeatedly: "What a pity! What a pity!" Now let alone artillery, as long as there are dozens of firecrackers and maintain a volley of ten, they can harvest without restraint.  The lives of the Qing army.  But now it's because of the lack of firearms.  I can only watch the Qing army becoming arrogant under the city wall.  When the Qing army saw that there were not even a few bows and arrows on the city wall, they gradually became bolder.  In the end, some Qing soldiers also joined the team that filled the trenches, and most of the trenches outside Zhuangzi were filled in within half a day.  "Beep¡ª¡ª!" There was another blast of horns.  The remaining cannon fodder quickly dispersed.  A group of Qing soldiers ran up from behind.  They carried hundreds of ladders and wore armor to storm the city wall.  The Qing army's archers did not retreat. They were still hiding under the city wall to cover the siege of the armored soldiers.  Since it was newly built, Zhuangzi¡¯s wall was only two feet high.  Therefore, the Qing army did not need any ladders at all, they only needed to build some ordinary ladders.  But when the Qing army climbed over the filled trench, they discovered another problem.  Zhuangzi is too small, so the length of the trench is too short.  At such a small distance, the Qing army could set up at most three or three?Ten ladders, the rest seem to be wasted.  But this is just a minor technical issue.  After crossing the trench, some Qing troops ran along the wall, carrying ladders to both sides, trying to find a place to climb the wall; while other Qing troops continued to fill in the trench to increase the front for siege.  The remaining Qing troops set up ladders and continued to attack the city.  But when these Qing soldiers had just climbed halfway, they saw large iron pots emerging from the wall.  The iron pot was also filled with hot golden juice, which poured down on their heads.  Although the first batch of charging Qing soldiers were all wearing heavy armor, how could the heavy armor stop the golden juice?  As a result, these Qing soldiers were burned to the point where their skin and flesh were turned open, and they all rolled to the ground, screaming and rolling at the same time.  Seeing such a tragic situation, the subsequent Qing soldiers hesitated to move forward.  However, the Qing general who commanded them immediately reminded loudly: "The gold juice is gone! Take advantage of this opportunity to crawl faster!" Upon hearing this, the hesitant Qing soldiers immediately woke up.  Even if there is a lot of golden juice in Zhuangzi, pots and pots of it must be boiled.  And pouring a pot, even if you go to dress it up immediately, it will take a certain amount of time, so we just take advantage of this opportunity to attack the city.  So these Qing soldiers scrambled to climb up the ladder.  But when the Qing soldiers were about to climb to the top of the wall, another pot of golden juice poured down on them.  Since the Qing army only had more than forty ladders, Zhuangzi prepared many iron pots.  In the dumping just now, only half of the burned gold juice was used on the city head, and the remaining half was used this time.  This immediately blinded the Qing soldiers behind.  They didn't know how much gold juice was still on the wall, so they gave in and refused to climb the ladder.
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